It’s not that Marines are unsympathetic, it’s just that we’ve seen this happen too many times.
The ability of many white people to push themselves further is truly amazing.
Take the boat ride as an example. If they are allowed to board the boat, they will then demand the same treatment as the southern Africans.
If you continue to meet their demands, they will then ask for privileges.
The key is that even if you meet all their requirements, people will not thank you in the end, but thank God.
While Changi Naval Base was busy evacuating non-combatants, the 33rd Armored Division had already invaded Catalonia.
Under normal circumstances, after occupying Madrid, the Spanish government would surrender and no longer resist.
Not willing to fail, Franco moved the Spanish government to Barcelona and called on the Spaniards to step forward and continue fighting against the southern Africans.
In Spain, Catalonia will always be special.
During the Spanish Civil War, the republican government promised to give Catalonia greater autonomy after the war, thus gaining support from the Catalonia region.
After the Falange Party led by Franco won the civil war, it began to liquidate Catalonia, which had supported the republican government during the civil war. Many Catalans were shot. Before the civil war, Catalonia had become popular in Catalonia.
The Catalan language is also banned, and possession of books published in Catalan is punishable by arrest.
Under such circumstances, one can imagine how disgusted the Catalans are with the Spanish government.
Catalans have a very bad habit. They have a loose personality and no sense of time. They always have a way of putting off what needs to be done immediately until the next day. This has been infinitely magnified after the Spanish government moved to Barcelona.
The Sants Train Station in the old town is extremely busy. Before Franco moved the Spanish government to Barcelona, it was the most important commodity distribution center in Catalonia.
After the war broke out between southern Africa and Spain, although Germany was unable to send troops to Spain, it still provided the necessary assistance.
Something magical happened.
Even under such circumstances, the trains at Sants Station are habitually not punctual.
"Not on time" here doesn't just mean late.
Delays are definitely normal, but sometimes the train driver's whim may cause the train originally scheduled to depart at 8:30 in the morning to depart early at 7:30 in the morning. This is incredible.
"If you leave early, you can arrive at your destination earlier. This saves time." Harry, who has worked at Sands Railway Station for 30 years, is used to this.
This is actually normal. It is not just train drivers, but also many municipal workers in Barcelona. They are using this method to express their protest against the Spanish government.
Same goes for old Harry.
It was normal for the staff at the Sants train station to arrive late and leave early. If they were absent from work, they would just have to make up for the leave after work the next day. This made Jose Alva, who had just joined the job, not used to it.
Jose Alva is a Barcelona native like Harry Sr.
Different from old people like Old Harry, young people who have just started working are always full of longing for the future. They hope to show off their talents at work and stand out.
Some people do get what they want.
More people are tortured by reality and then drift with the crowd, living one day at a time.
Unlike old Harry, who had not received much education, Jose was a student at the University of France. He was supposed to graduate next year and had a bright future.
After the war broke out, Jose interrupted his studies and returned to China to participate in the war and became a glorious "defender of the country." However, now Jose has doubts about his choice.
The walls of Sants train station still have bullet holes from the Civil War, which is shocking.
This makes Jose very sad. The civil war has ended several years ago, but the Barcelona government has not filled these craters. The station, which was originally in disrepair, has experienced the double baptism of time and war, and is now in dilapidated condition.
Aid supplies from France were piled haphazardly on the platform. Some of them were urgently needed medicines, weapons and ammunition for the front line, but no one sent these supplies to the places where they were most needed. These supplies were not even covered with tarpaulins.
"Everyone is just thinking about escaping. Those who got off the train are all volunteers, but the Spaniards are busy escaping. Jose, if I were you, I would not come back. If you stay in Paris, at least you don't have to worry about the threat of war."
Harry bluntly said that it is unrealistic to expect the Catalans to fight against the southern Africans. If the southern Africans really want to attack Barcelona, it would be great if the Barcelona people do not rebel.
Spain's new government, which has set its capital in Madrid, has promised to give Catalonia more autonomy after the war.
It is different from the pie that the republican government painted for the Catalans during the Spanish Civil War.
New government's commitments
In other words, the promises made by the Southern Africans have a high chance of being realized. All Spaniards know that the Southern African federal government has always kept its promises.
It must be said that in terms of propaganda, the efficiency of the federal government in Southern Africa is completely different from that of the Falang Party.
Just a few days after the war broke out, the reasons for the outbreak of the war spread throughout Spain.
The federal government of Southern Africa attributed the outbreak of the war to Franco's violent rule in Spain, claiming that it wanted to rescue the Spanish from the high pressure of the Franco government and give the Spanish real peace and freedom.
This reason has great appeal to the vast majority of Spaniards. There are many people in Spain who are dissatisfied with Franco, and Catalonia is the hardest hit area.
"Our army is still holding on, and at least the Spaniards are working hard." Jose has an ideal. The Spanish affairs should be resolved by the Spaniards themselves. No matter how good the reasons of the Southern African federal government are, it cannot change the fact of invading Spain.
"Army haha, young man, you still don't know the virtues of our army. In Catalonia, many people are starving, but in our army, the soldiers will have endless bread.
Dump it, the officers are still enjoying the luxurious life that is rare for civilians. Do you know what was on the train that just left?" Old Harry sneered.
Jose looked puzzled, he really didn't know.
"Those big boxes contain the property of dignitaries. These properties will be sent to banks in Switzerland. You have to know that even the nails on the boxes belong to all Spaniards." Old Harry was very angry, but it was a pity. There is nothing he can do.
Woo
A shrill air raid siren suddenly sounded.
The alarm came a little late. When old Harry and Jose looked up in shock, the roar of an aircraft engine could be heard in the distance.
This is also normal.
Don’t forget that this is Barcelona, a city known for laziness and procrastination.
"Follow me, hide quickly." Old Harry turned around and rushed to the air-raid shelter not far away. By this time, the platform was already in chaos.
What made Jose angry was that even though the staff and passengers who were about to take the train dispersed in a hurry, the Spanish soldiers on duty at the anti-aircraft gun position not far from the platform also dispersed in a hurry.
An officer drew his pistol and waved it around, trying to stop the soldiers from escaping from the position.
No one cared about the command of the officers. Some soldiers even threw away their rifles and took off their uniforms when escaping, so as to reduce the probability of being attacked by southern African pilots.
The officer was furious and fired a warning shot into the sky, but the sound of the gunfire was drowned in the huge explosion.
Soon, the officer and the anti-aircraft gun around him were engulfed in flames.
The so-called air raid shelters are actually underground passages.
When Jose ran into the underground passage, it was already crowded with people.
In front of Jose was a lady who was in a state of embarrassment, looking miserable, and crying. Her skirt was torn, and she was holding one shoe in her hand, and the other one was missing.
Jose tried to leave more space for his wife, but unfortunately he couldn't.
"Man, do you have any cigarettes?" An officer next to him asked another soldier for a cigarette.
The soldier took out a pack of cigarettes and gave them directly to the officer.
Yes, even though Barcelona people have problems like this, they are always very generous.
The dark underground passage was suddenly filled with clouds and mist.
Violent explosions were heard from time to time. There was a power outage when the bombing started. People in the underground passage could even feel the heat wave outside.
The explosion sound may be loud or small, which may be due to the distance.
If the distance is relatively close, dirt will fall rustlingly from the top and walls of the underground passage, causing a burst of exclamation every time, as if the passage will collapse at any time.
"Why don't you fight back?" Jose couldn't help but asked the second lieutenant who was puffing away his smoke.
"If you want to do that, no one is stopping you" the officer's answer surprised Jose.
So shameless?
But it’s normal to think about it. The French can stop resisting, and so can the Spanish.
"The generals are hiding in safe air-raid shelters, but we have to fight bloody battles with the southern Africans. What's the benefit even if we win? The southern Africans have promised that they will hand over management to the Spanish after the war. Spain is still the Spanish. Spain." The officer sneered and blew out a puff of smoke at Jose. The soldier next to him looked at Jose with an unkind look.
Accusing soldiers face to face is irrational in the context of war.
"Gentlemen, please forgive this rash young man. He has just stepped out of school and is studying in France." Old Harry still took great care of Jose.
"Oh, you are from France. Didn't you Frenchmen not fight to the end? Why do you ask us like this?" The officer sneered, thinking that Jose was a Frenchman.
"I am a Spaniard, and I came to Barcelona to defend Spain." Jose looked disappointed, but couldn't help but defend himself.
"If you only learned this in school, then congratulations." The officer looked at Jose as if he were a fool.
"Sir, can you please stop smoking?" The lady finally couldn't bear it.
"Good lady," the officer behaves well, and this little thing doesn't matter.
If the lady was asking the officer to return to his position, then the officer probably would not be so easy to talk to.
By this time, the ground had turned into a sea of fire, and the bombers in southern Africa were still very powerful.
When the war first broke out, Spain's small air force tried to compete with the southern African air force for air supremacy.
The Spanish Air Force soon realized that this was simply impossible.
The gap is huge, ranging from pilot skills to aircraft performance to quantity and logistical support. The gap is all-round.
Reflected on the battlefield, as long as the Spanish Air Force is dispatched, the entire army will basically be destroyed.
There are not many airplanes in Spain. Although there are still airplanes that can fight, there are no pilots willing to fly them.
The key is there is no hope.
If there is hope of victory, I believe there will be pilots who will come forward.
But in the face of a hopeless war, no one is willing to sacrifice his life.
The same goes for the officers in the underground passage.
What they faced was an enemy that was impossible to defeat.
In fact, there were not many aircraft that carried out the air attack on Sants train station. There was only one squadron of bombers, and they were not heavy bombers and could carry limited bombs.
Even so, the effect was surprisingly good. After all the bombers dropped their bombs, the Sants train station had been basically wiped out, completely losing the possibility of use.
After the plane left from Southern Africa, Jose and Old Harry came out of the underground passage.
The originally shaky platform collapsed completely. There was a huge pit where weapons and ammunition were originally stored. The waiting hall was blown up, and the rails were twisted into twists. The air defense position not far away was the hardest hit area, and the flames were still burning.
Jose still wanted to put out the fire, but found that everyone around him was indifferent, staring at the mess in front of him with numb eyes.
"Damn Southern Africans," Old Harry cursed and turned away.
Now that the station has been destroyed, old Harry and Jose are out of work.
With the efficiency of Barcelona people, it will take at least several years to repair the station.
By this time, the streets outside the station were deserted.
Old Harry led Jose close to the street and carefully passed through the street.
Boom!
Suddenly there was a gunshot, hitting two meters in front of Old Harry. The bullet rebounded and hit the window next to him, breaking a piece of glass.
"What the hell is going on? Have the southern Africans come here already?" Jose looked horrified. At this moment, Jose truly regretted it.
"No, not really." Old Harry walked a few steps to the door of a house and hid under the eaves.
"Then why did they shoot at us?" Jose was trembling. Paris was not like this when it was most dangerous.
"You ask me, who should I ask?" Old Harry was not angry. Two people together, the target must be bigger than one person: "Since the train station has been completely destroyed, boy, we are now officially unemployed, I want to go home and sleep now
How about you?"
Jose was stunned. He had just arrived in Barcelona and had nowhere to go.
"Come with me, the current Spain is not worth your blood and sacrifice." After all, old Harry could not bear to leave Jose behind. After all, he was a student at the University of France, and Spain would still need people like Jose to build in the future.
On September 1, the 33rd Armored Division arrived in Barcelona.
Franco fled to Paris before the 33rd Armored Division arrived in Barcelona, where he formed a government-in-exile and declared to continue fighting in southern Africa.
This is not impossible, after all, Franco still has troops to command.
Of course it's only in name.
Germany is now also in a dilemma of insufficient troops, and Mustache will definitely not return the command of the Blue Jackets to Franco.
